Tenacious Toys & Matt A* Announce Angry Artist Reviews Episode #1: Funko Hikari Gold Skeletor Unboxing Video

Tenacious Toys is nonplussed at our own announcement of our new unboxing and review video serious by none other than the angriest artist in the toy scene: Matt "Angry Artist" Anderson!

Our buddy Matt destroys packaging, talks shit and points out the flaws in various toys that we stock!

He was doing this shit on his own crappy social media channels, and it was hilarious, but no one ever saw it because, frankly, most of you stopped paying attention to Matt about 3 years ago.

But, he's always been a friend, and he has thus far refused to take off that filthy monkey onesie, so we thought we'd stick the maniac on camera and blast his mean mug out to the world.

When I suggested this idea to him, I knew from the get-go that I'd be sending Matt stuff that he doesn't like. He doesn't like much, honestly, so like 95% of what we sell would be something Matt would rather shit on. Funko is definitely a company that Matt does not enjoy. So we sent him for his first review one of the 750 "24K Gold" color variants of the Masters of the Universe Skeletor Hikari figures made by.... Funko!

Video #1 is below:

 Matt will be reviewing toys on our YouTube Channel weekly, so stay tuned for next week when he reviews a Jason Freeny x Mighty Jaxx item! We promise to occasionally send Matt something he likes, although we are not sure what that might be.

Tell your mom.

- Benny Kline

TeeFetch Offers Solid Info and Reviews of T-Shirt Printing Companies and Graphic T-Shirt Designs

I don't know about you but I've produced a few different t-shirt designs, and nearly every print job I do is through a different company, using different ink application processes. Basically, for about a decade, I've been winging it, choosing my printing company essentially willy-nilly.

That's dumb.

Enter TeeFetch to save the day: TeeFetch has put together possibly the most useful, independent coverage of the print-on-demand t-shirt industry that I've ever found. TeeFetch aggregates all of the good Limited Edition and Shirt of The Day deals as a homepage gallery for shoppers' convenience. They have Tee Design reviews, Tips and Resources for those interested in opening an online t-shirt shop, and for artists who want to start designing their own shirts. Brand Vs Brand comparisons, SEO help, and even a fairly detailed history of the t-shirt itself which was used as source material for Wikipedia and Shirts.com!

I know a LOT of you print your own artwork on t-shirts and sell the shirts on your websites. It's pretty much the most accessible form of your artwork for a buyer, at a price point that anyone can afford. I have a ridiculous artsy graphic tee collection, thanks to all of you! But I have to be honest: some of your shirts have held up better than others.

Seeing as how we all make and collect tons of t-shirts, don't you think you should do a bit of research into the graphic quality as well as the printing process of your t-shirt printer? Your customers will thank you. Check the TeeFetch Brand Reviews page here before your next shirt printing run. The TeeFetch blog is also a source of great info for anyone diving into to the t-shirt vertical.

TeeFetch offers independent tee shirt graphic design reviews

TeeFetch also offers detailed side-by-side comparison reviews of t-shirt printing companies and their products

Tenacious Toys blog hits ONE MILLION pageviews after 5 years of blogging

 

Dear readers,

THANK YOU so much for reading the Tenacious Blog! I just noticed that we have passed a very important milestone: 1,000,000 pageviews! Thank you all so much for coming back and reading all the great posts our team has put together for you over the past 5 years. We hope to continue this trend for a long, long, long time. As you can see, we are now publishing more "useful" posts which offer critique, criticism, reviews, and honest and blunt assessments of various issues in this tiny art toy industry. 

I have never personally felt comfortable raising hot button issues when I write blog posts, mostly because as the Supreme Overlord of Tenacious Toys, I want to remain everyone's friend. I will continue to occasionally publish my signature EVERYTHING IS AWESOME posts which promote the various works of the artists and companies that I'd like to encourage and help.

However, we now have a roster of talented and opinionated writers who like to call out the issues as they see them. I have encouraged them to simply be honest and fair in their reporting, and let the chips fall where they may. You might have seen some of those posts popping up here in the past.

On that note: if any of you have created toys or collectibles which you would like reviewed, please feel free to contact any of our bloggers to set up a review post. I do not personally need samples of any more toys. They're everywhere in my small apartment and if I have to put one more talented artist's work back into a box and into storage, I'm going to cry. So please, contact one of our bloggers and send samples directly to them for review. Our blog posts are sent out automatically to our Twitter, Facebook and Google+ accounts, as well as wrapped into emails that are sent out to subscribers each morning. Total reach is 20,000+ people.

Which brings me to our staff: we would be more than happy to welcome in any guest bloggers who feel like they have something to say. Please email me personally if you are interested in writing for this blog. I want to make it the most useful and most community-driven art toy blog out there. My opinion alone will not make this blog great. Yours will.

- Benny Kline